{"id":4826,"date":"2009-07-07T07:39:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-07T12:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/ufc-100-betting-handicapping-the-non-title-fights\/"},"modified":"2009-07-07T07:39:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-07T12:39:00","slug":"ufc-100-betting-handicapping-the-non-title-fights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/ufc-100-betting-handicapping-the-non-title-fights\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 100 Betting – Handicapping the Non-title Fights"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When you look at the UFC<\/span> 100 fight card<\/a>, make sure you don’t just look at the title fights. Mir\/Lesnar<\/span> and St-Pierre\/Alves<\/span> will be awesome but the card has several other exciting fights to bet on. Let’s make a few more picks.<\/p>\n

Dan Henderson (24-7) vs<\/span> Michael Bisping<\/span> (18-1)<\/span>
<\/span><\/b>UFC<\/span> odds: <\/span><\/font>Henderson<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> -300, Bisping<\/span> +240<\/p>\n

For the umpteenth time in a row, Dan “Hendo<\/span>” Henderson<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> draws a world-class opponent. He’s too good a fighter to ever get a break, so he faces the tough, well-rounded Michael Bisping<\/span> in a middleweight bout. Henderson’s game is wrestling, as he’s a two-time Olympian, but he also has knockout power in both hands, so he can drop an opponent if he needs to. Having fought the likes of Anderson Silva and Rampage Jackson, the seasoned Henderson is a major sportsbook favorite.<\/p>\n

However, I wonder if odds makers aren’t giving Bisping<\/span> enough credit in their sports predictions<\/a>. The Englishman has just one career loss, and many fight fans even felt that decision should’ve gone to him over Rashad<\/span> Evans. Bisping<\/span> lacks finishing power but he’s a solid technical striker who can score points. He also has a strong chin from what we’ve seen so far, so he has a slight edge on the standup. Henderson<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> can likely overpower Bisping<\/span> on the ground, but it’s no guarantee, as Bisping’s<\/span> Jiu-Jitsu<\/span> is underrated. <\/p>\n

I’d pick Henderson<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> if his money line was more reasonable, but I can’t pass up Bisping<\/span> at +240. He’s evenly matched with Henderson<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, so I lke<\/span> his value.<\/p>\n

Sportsbook software pick: Bisping<\/span> +240<\/p>\n

Jon Fitch (22-3) vs<\/span> Paulo Thiago<\/span> (11-0)<\/span>
<\/span><\/b>UFC<\/span> odds<\/a>: Fitch -400, Thiago<\/span> +300<\/p>\n

The sportsbooks don’t respect Paulo Thiago<\/span> at all despite his perfect record, and I can’t really blame them. Here we have a relatively unknown fighter who reportedly gets a title shot if he wins despite having only one fight in the UFC<\/span> before this weekend’s bout. He knocked out Josh Koscheck<\/span> with an uppercut in his debut and, while the punch’s power was impressive, it seemed fluky. I’m not convinced he’s in the same class as Jon Fitch. The underrated Fitch is almost a poor man’s Georges St-Pierre, as he combines good standup with great wrestling but doesn’t do either as well as the champ does. Look for Fitch to make a statement against Thiago<\/span> as he pushes for a rematch with GSP<\/span>. <\/p>\n

Sportsbook software<\/a> pick; Fitch -400<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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When you look at the UFC 100 fight card, make sure you don’t just look at the title fights. Mir\/Lesnar and St-Pierre\/Alves will be awesome but the card has several other exciting fights to bet on. Let’s make a few more picks. Dan Henderson (24-7) vs Michael Bisping (18-1) UFC odds: Henderson -300, Bisping +240 … Continue reading UFC 100 Betting – Handicapping the Non-title Fights<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4826\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}